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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new pilot program on August 17, 2021, that will pay cities, counties and nongovernmental organizations to offer services for undocumented immigrants who have been caught and released and are awaiting deportation hearings. ...

A study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) found that families that are represented by immigration attorneys are ten times as likely to win asylum and other protections from deportation. Immigrants facing deportation who do have a lawyer are up...

The United States Supreme Court ruled that undocumented immigrants who were deported but returned to the U.S. are not entitled to a bond hearing. On June 3o, the Court ruled that the government can indefinitely detain immigrants who had been...

Illinois lawmakers are considering creating a new task force on how to provide legal representation to Illinois immigrants facing deportation. The proposed Illinois task force would evaluate and recommend funds and service for legal help for immigrants facing deportation: • determine...

Al rededor de 411,000 inmigrantes contaban con estatus TPS en 2020. El Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS), es un programa migratorio que permite a algunos inmigrantes residir en los Estados Unidos durante una crisis en su país. La mayoría de...

About 411,000 immigrants had TPS status in 2020. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is an immigration program that allows some immigrants to reside in the United States while their home country is in crisis. Most TPS immigrants emigrated from El Salvador,...

On January 20, 2021, the Biden administration issued orders regarding temporary changes to enforcement of the immigration law. The Acting Director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum directing DHS to take the following three actions. Review...

CNN informa que la Oficina Ejecutiva de Revisión de Inmigración del Departamento de Justicia ha comenzado a enviar órdenes de abogados de inmigración con una fecha límite de presentación de 6 semanas. Las nuevas órdenes enviadas a los abogados solicitan...

CNN is reporting that the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review has begun sending immigration attorneys orders with a 6 week filing deadline. The new orders sent to attorneys request that their clients file applications requesting relief from deportation...

La Ley TRUST de Illinois (SB-31) se promulgó en 2017 para restringir la transferencia de inmigrantes indocumentados a agencias federales sin una orden judicial. La ley prohíbe a las fuerzas del orden retener a alguien solo por una solicitud de...